News from the Jacques Delors Centre

In our series of briefs and podcast episodes "Wahl spezial" we explore the challenges for the new German government in five core fields of European policy: migration policy, rule of law, foreign and security policy, industrial policy, and economic governance. 

Europe launched its green bond program. Sebastian Mack warns that EU member states and the European Commission must now do their utmost to effectively prevent greenwashing.

Policy Fellow Sebastian Mack argues for new EU rules so that technology groups no longer fly below the radar of financial regulators. 

The EU has taken a historic step by issuing its own bonds. Policy Fellow Sebastian Mack explains what reforms are needed to make EU bonds the safe asset of the monetary union.  

In an op-ed for Süddeutsche Zeitung, Policy Fellow Sebastian Mack pleads for independent financial supervisory authorities throughout Europe so that a case like Wirecard does not happen again.

The Wirecard case highlights the importance of independent financial regulators for effective supervision. However, the lack of independence of national financial authorities is not a German but a European problem, argues Sebastian Mack in his policy brief.

In the sixth episode of our German podcast series EU to go, Thu Nguyen and Sebastian Mack discuss which role financial markets can play in the fight against climate change. 

Only price signals can make the financial sector more climate-friendly in the long run, explains Sebastian Mack in the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

The eurozone might benefit from Brexit, Sebastian Mack argues in L’Agefi.